Since 2006, Iowa Writes has featured the work of Iowa-identified writers (whether they have Iowa roots or live here now) and work published by Iowa journals and publishers on The Daily Palette. Iowa Writes features poetry, fiction, or nonfiction twice a week on the Palette.

In November of 2008, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Iowa City, Iowa, the world's third City of Literature, making the community part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.

Iowa City has joined Edinburgh, Scotland and Melbourne, Australia as UNESCO Cities of Literature.

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JOYELLE MCSWEENEY

Joyelle McSweeney received her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2001. Her first book, The Red Bird, won the first Fence Modern Poets Series Prize. "Bureau of" is from The Commandrine and Other Poems, published by Fence Books in 2004.